Clocking in at more than 162 million views, Candace Payne, better known as the Chewbacca Mom, could be the happiest person on Facebook in 2016. Payne’s excitement over a voice-changing Wookiee mask was the most viewed live video on Facebook this year. It beat out BuzzFeed’s countdown to the 2020 presidential election, CNN’s and NBC’s …
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Run, don’t walk, to your nearest social media source to find out what people think of the much-hyped Super Mario Run. Interest in Nintendo’s new mobile game is growing on Facebook and Twitter as Super Mario Run’s December 15 release date rapidly approaches. Users on social media also mourned John Lennon’s death 36 years ago and turned Linda McMahon’s new …
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The “Person of the Year” is boiling on social media. This morning, Facebook and Twitter feel like the family dinner that turns to chaos the moment someone brings up politics. Time Magazine has selected Donald Trump as 2016’s Person of the Year. US presidents have been a fixture of the feature since it began, but that hasn’t stopped Trump’s opponents …
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Instagram is keeping up its push to be a friendlier social network. In a post Tuesday, co-founder and CEO Kevin Systrom said the photo-sharing social network will let users turn off comments on any of their posts. The feature, available for only a few accounts right now, will arrive “in the coming weeks,” he said. Users will be able to …
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And the nominees are… Beyonce, Justin Bieber and Adele fans have reason to celebrate on social media today as the three artists are Grammy nominees in several major categories. Meanwhile, a hashtag parodying President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks is popping up across Twitter, and Facebook users are debating whether a Texas Republican’s decision to cast his electoral vote for Trump …
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Once again, a Donald Trump cabinet pick has many Twitter users scratching their heads. This time, what’s got them perplexed is Ben Carson, a Trump rival during the Republican primary who is now an ally and possibly the next Housing and Urban Development secretary. On Facebook, meanwhile, people are chatting about a shooting tied to the “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory. Social …
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Now playing: Watch this: Facebook, Twitter and YouTube take on terrorist propaganda 0:50 Three of the internet’s biggest social media sites are banding together to curb the rise of online terrorist content. Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, along with Microsoft, said Monday they have partnered on creating a shared database of images and videos that promote terrorism. The database will store …
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In a year where memes finally became bigger than Jesus Christ, there are a handful we hope don’t return in 2017. We laughed. We cried. We shared these memes. But now it’s time for them to go. In complete fairness, all memes are awful. None goes viral because it’s a well-crafted or original. “The things that go viral are very …
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It’s not too late for this year to make a comeback. With many social media users down in the dumps about 2016, a trending hashtag suggests how to put the brakes on this runaway train of a year. Also making waves: Rapper J. Cole’s unexpected music video release and his even-more-surprising disses. Social Cues is our guide on what’s trending …
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Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin has social media on alert after he needed emergency medical transportation from the South Pole on Thursday morning. On Facebook, users are chattering about a new Nokia device set for release in early 2017, marking an unexpected comeback for the fallen phone manufacturer. Social Cues is our guide to what’s trending across social media. Here’s what …
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